In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Kebab-quaffer Dom George can't work out what a vegan would chow down on after a big night.

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

A lot of areas of our life are governed by the clock and the calendar - especially our working lives. As a lawyer I am often asked

JB (Whangarei) has written about shopping smarter: "There are many different market places now other than shops and online. Think

Mohair is the fibre harvested from angora goats, and at more than $20 per kilogram it is significantly more valuable than wool from

On arriving back at work after the summer holidays I was asked by the NFR editorial team to write an overview of the year ahead, focusing

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2016 was "post truth politics". Not strictly a word but, in the same vein, this year

Thanks to our world class land-based industries Hawke's Bay is a prosperous place. Why will it not remain so? But those industries

Summer - with its lower flows and generally better weather - is when farmers often carry out works in and around waterways. These

The prolonged summer dry should have us all into summer management mode. There are three things that should be well under way. 1

I'm not sure how many people actually still make New Year's resolutions. I'm good at remembering that something I've done was a New

Parts of New Zealand are currently on fire, under water, or dealing with drought or earthquakes. We live in a group of seismically

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

In a world of urban/rural "he said-she said" could Fonterra actually be winning the PR battle for farmers?

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

The topic on the tip of everyone's tongues is the current lack of water in Hawke's Bay, and farming through this is difficult and

As life-stylers, small farm operators and horse owners, we need to acknowledge the responsibilities we owe to the welfare of the animals

Like all the young lads I went to boarding school with back in mid-seventies, the thing I looked forward to most on my 15th birthday

There is something about what is arguably the world's most physically demanding job that gets under your skin and never quite goes away writes Wayne Perkins.

I don't know if it's just me, but I seem to suffer from an overactive conscience. It kicks in when I'm going along, minding my own

The Otago Regional Council seems likely to spend up to $50,000 in unbudgeted funding to co-ordinate the release of a Korean strain

Recent events have tended to back the theory that the difference between an average farmer and a top farmer is one week. Let me explain:

Dom George doesn't trust anyone who doesn't love cricket...

I only have to evaluate my daily decisions to see the potential future of our environment. In summer my favourite place to be is the Ohau River at Gladstone Reserve. It's my slice of paradise.

Back in March 2015, then PM John Key vowed his party would do what it could to win back the Northland electorate seat after Winston

With a soil moisture curve climbing almost vertically, and no significant rain forecast for the rest of the month, Friday's declaration